Pedestrian hit by train near Roodt station

A passenger train travelling from Wasserbillig has been reported to have hit a pedestrian near the platform at Roodt station on Tuesday morning.

16.04.2013

(ADW) A passenger train travelling from Wasserbillig has been reported to have hit a pedestrian near the platform at Roodt station on Tuesday morning.

The incident happened at about 5.10am on line 30; the train between Luxembourg and Trier. Just why the pedestrian was on the tracks at the time is not clear and how seriously the person was injured has not been disclosed.

Rail traffic on the line completely stopped with CFL stating that it would take “at least an hour” for trains to resume normally.

A substitute bus was temporally used between Wecker and Oetrange.

A knock-on effect could result in train delays for most of the morning.